RPC V.3, — (unassigned; ID 83915)

 

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Coin type
Volume V.3
Number — (unassigned; ID 83915)
Province Egypt
Region Egypt
City Alexandria
Reign Caracalla
Person (obv.) Caracalla (Augustus)
Issue Year 21
Dating AD 212/13
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡ ϹΕ ΑΝΤωΝΙΝΟϹ Π ΜΕ ΒΡΕ Μ ΕΥ ϹΕΒ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρ(ήλιος) Σε(ουῆρος) Ἀντωνῖνος Π(αρθικὸς) Μέ(γιστος) Βρε(ττανικὸς) Μ(έγιστος) Εὐ(σεβὴς) Σεβ(αστός)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Antoninus Parthicus Greatest Britannicus Greatest Pious Augustus
Obverse design laureate head of Caracalla, right
Reverse inscription L ΚΑ
Edition (ἔτους) καʹ
Translation of year 20
Reverse design Nilus, reclining right on Sphinx left, holding reed in right hand and cornucopia in left; below, a crocodile left; in field Nilometer with ΙϚ
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 32 mm
Average weight 20.72 g
Axis 1, 12
Reference D 4068; DS 9773; BMC 3131; Geissen 2296; Emmett 2841
Specimens 7 (2 in the core collections)

Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
    L: 1950,1006.224 BMC 3131
    ✸ NY: 1944.100.64243
    Cologne Geissen 2296
    CNG EA 531, 25 Jan. 2023, lot 737
    DS 4068 = Matthijs coll. = Naville Numismatics 62, 13 Dec. 2020, lot 295
    DS 9773
    Naville Numismatics 92, 13 Oct. 2024, lot 370